Wiki143:Selected anniversaries/February 7

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• Ramzi Yousef
  Ramzi Yousef
• Badge of the Prince of Wales
  Badge of the Prince of Wales
• Plume of smoke caused by Black Saturday bushfires
  Plume of smoke caused by Black Saturday bushfires
• Jean-Claude Duvalier
  Jean-Claude Duvalier
• Bust of Leo I
  Bust of Leo I
• Charlie Chaplin as "The Tramp"
  Charlie Chaplin as "The Tramp"
• Steve Jobs
  Steve Jobs
• Michael Jordan in training with the Scottsdale Scorpions
  Michael Jordan in training
  with the Scottsdale Scorpions
• Happisburgh footprints
  Happisburgh footprints
• Bruce McCandless II untethered in space
  Bruce McCandless II untethered in space
• St. Olaf's Church in Ulvila
  St. Olaf's Church in Ulvila

Ineligible

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1807 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Eylau began between the French Empire, and Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition near Preußisch Eylau, East Prussia.	refimprove
1863 – In New Zealand's worst maritime tragedy, HMS Orpheus of the British Royal Navy sank off the coast of Auckland, killing 189 crew out of the ship's complement of 259.	refimprove
1894 – The Western Federation of Miners began a five-month strike in Cripple Creek, Colorado, the only strike action in U.S. history where the state militia was called to support the strikers.	featured on June 6
1904 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Maryland began, and destroyed over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.	refimprove section
1971 – In Switzerland, voters approved a constitutional amendment introducing women's suffrage in federal elections and referenda.	refimprove
2009 – A series of 400 individual bushfires ignited across the Australian state of Victoria, Australia, on Black Saturday, eventually resulting in 173 total deaths.	refimprove section
2012 – Several months of political crisis in the Maldives culminated in the resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed.	both: refimprove
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Eligible

• 457 – Leo I (pictured), who ruled for nearly 20 years, was crowned Byzantine emperor.
• 1497 – Supporters of the Dominican preacher Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of vanity items such as cosmetics, art and books in Florence, Italy.
• 1783 – American Revolutionary War: After three years and seven months, Spain and France abandoned their attempt to capture Gibraltar from the British.
• 1795 – The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting the ability of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals to sue U.S. states in federal courts, was ratified.
• 1900 – A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco fell ill with the bubonic plague in the first epidemic of the disease in the continental United States.
• 1914 – Kid Auto Races at Venice, featuring the first appearance of comedy actor Charlie ChaplinTemplate:`s character the Tramp, was released.
• 1940 – Walt Disney's Pinocchio, the first animated feature to win a competitive Academy Award, debuted at the Center Theatre in New York City.
• 1941 – Soviet border guards opened fire on civilians attempting to cross the border from the Soviet Union to Romania near Lunca, killing several hundred people.
• 1943 – World War II: Japan successfully withdrew its troops from Guadalcanal.
• 1948 – Neil Harvey became the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket.
• 1984 – During the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-B, astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart performed the first untethered spacewalk (pictured).
• 1986 – President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country after a popular uprising, ending 28 years of one-family rule in the nation.
• 1991 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army shelled 10 Downing Street with mortars in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister John Major.
• 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty, which led to the formation of the European Union, was signed by the member states of the European Communities.
• 1994 – Having retired four months earlier, American basketball player Michael Jordan signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox to play baseball.
• 1995 – Ramzi Yousef, one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• 1997 – Steve Jobs returned to Apple Inc. as a consultant after the company's acquisition of his technology startup NeXT.
• 1999 – Abdullah II became the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan following the death of his father King Hussein.
• 2005 – President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on the redenomination of Azerbaijan's currency, with 1 new manat equal to 5000 old manats.
• 2014 – An inquiry report of the United Nations Human Rights Council found systematic and wide-ranging violations of human rights in North Korea.
• Born/died this day: | Bartholomäus Sastrow |d|1603| Azar Bigdeli |b|1722| Henry Fuseli |b|1741| John Deere |b|1804| Desmond Doss |b|1919| Alfred Worden|b|1932| Herman Vandenburg Ames |d|1935| Tony Tan |b|1940| Eddie Izzard |b|1962| Juwan Howard |b|1973| Steve Nash |b|1974| Richard Williams |d|1980| jacksepticeye |b|1990|

Notes

• 15th and 16th Amendments appear on February 3, so 11th Amendment should not appear in the same year
• Pixar appears on February 3, so NeXT should not appear in the same year
• Bill Ponsford appears on February 5, so Neil Harvey should not appear in the same year
• 2004 Haitian coup d'état also appears on February 5 so Jean-Claude Duvalier should not appear in the same year
• Black Thursday bushfires appears on February 6, so Black Saturday should not appear in the same year

February 7: Independence Day in Grenada (1974) Template:Main page image/OTD

• 1365 – Albert, King of Sweden, granted a town charter to Ulvila, the third-oldest city in Finland.
• 1813 – Napoleonic Wars: Two evenly matched frigates, the French Aréthuse and the British Amelia, battled to a stalemate (depicted) at the Îles de Los off the Guinean coast.
• 1865 – The trustees of Seattle enacted an ordinance that expelled Native Americans from the newly incorporated town.
• 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops made a third unsuccessful attempt to lift the siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Vaal Krantz.
• 2014 – Researchers announced the discovery of the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa, at more than 800,000 years old.

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